In my view, it is essential to increase the number of French-speaking newcomers. Canada's cultural identity includes anglophones and francophones.
It's really important that we do this to protect and promote the demographic weight of francophones in Canada. This is part of who we are as a people.
Right now, we have an existing goal of 4.4%. As I said to Monsieur Brunelle-Duceppe, I don't treat this as a ceiling. What we're doing is boosting settlement services in francophone communities to make sure that when people get here, they are more likely to stay. We're looking for flexibility in the express entry system, working with our partners in the province of Quebec and with provinces outside of Quebec to help them develop some of the specific immigration streams for francophones.